Nathaniel, Fred, Haticat, and Doctor Bill run into the desert, leaving behind their spears, guns, ropes, food, water, blankets, and Nathaniel’s shirt and boots. They still have their scanners. The creature runs in another direction after some of the monkeys. “The club made a monster!” Haticat states the obvious.
“I think the club is the real creature and it makes different monsters to swing itself at people. It probably makes a new monster every time one is killed,” Nathaniel theorizes. “It’s not the club; it’s The Club.”
“That means we have to keep killing monsters forever! That’s too hard!” Haticat says.
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